my tII resurrection is coming along. until then, i want to see other rx7s rolling around. the weather is getting nicer. i need my fix.

 

Hmmm wonder if you've seen my roommates FD over there? He drives it to school sometimes too... I'm always down for a meet and maybe a cruise? You FD guys never drive your cars hard though huh? :p

 

lol...I just got my FD, so I don't wanna push it too much, but I'm down for a cruise or little meet...I haven't seen any other FD's around chico state though, I drive a 93' Montego Blue it's all stock

 

Wait... is this Josh??

 

when i dropped my fc off at ben's shop back in i think aug there was a guy named josh i think that just got an FD like 2 days ago (back in aug) from some guy in redding (i think) that drove a 240 before is this the same josh that you are thinking of

 

What?

 

Lol yeah it is... so since you aren't Josh and you aren't my roommate I guess you would be a 3rd montego-blue, RX7-Club, FD owner in Chico... allegedly. We need to do a photo shoot!

 

lol, yeah my names Tek...we should do a photo shoot, just wait till I can get this car to pass smog first. It's a pita right now, but I don't regret buying it...just regret not having the guy smog it first.

 

Ah yes the joys of smog! I feel your pain... it took me 3 months to get my FC to pass... turned out it was a faulty circuit in the ECU that was causing my problems. No wonder it took so long to troubleshoot!

If you need help or advice you should let my roommate take a look at it. He has friends come up here from the bay all the time to use our garage... he's pretty talented, and were always willing to help out a fellow 7 owner!

 

that would be awesome...I'm gonna take it to Rick's Rotary this thursday and have him diagnose the car, if he doesn't get it fixed I'll bring my car up to chico to see if you guys can pinpoint the problem.

 

****....you're driving all the way to Pleasanton? And that guy charges a GRIPPP

 

lol...yeah pretty much have to since there's no one near here or sac that I know of that is good with rotaries...and it's only diagnostics so it won't cost too much.

 

Karack if you can get ahold of him lol

 

I've lived next to rick rotary for years now. All I can say is that my experience was less than professional. I had a car inspected for their $100 inspection, they reported a few things such as leakdown on the shocks, and a few oil leaks here and there, but said the car drove fine. I took the car to Big-O- Tires around the corner and got an alignment, but they couldn't get it perfect. I turns out the subframe was bent from a previous accident and the car would always veer left. This is all recorded and signed off by big-o-tires with measurements. However...ricks rotary said the car drove true and straight. I'll take my money elsewhere next time.

 

hmmm...now i'm starting to have doubts about rick. Well I've already scheduled an appointment and he said it would be $65 to do diagnostics. And the main reason that I really wanna head down there is to pick up a Bonez HF cat for $250 used of course

I'll try to get a hold of Karack...

 

First time I've heard anything bad about Rick's Rotary (that wasn't an issue with price). With that said you are a lot closer to Karack and I know without a doubt that he does good work.

As for the whole alignment thing sometimes people miss things or just aren't equipped to check certain things.

 

Didn't Karack move to Las Vegas last month?

 

lol hes gonna next month...or later this month? And I haven't heard anything back about Rick besides price...and finding a ton of silicone in his rebuilds lol

 

well if he's going to move he's probably in the process of already...so I don't wanna really bother him if he's packing stuff already.

 

cant hurt with a phone call to see if it saves you an hour+ of driving

 

trust me, his **** ain't packed lol that guy procrastinates as bad as me with time consuming stuff

 

so what are you saying nick he wont be going for another year?

 

yeah i'll try to get in contact with him...but i'm still gonna make the hours long drive anyways just to pick up the high flow cat to go along with my custom downpipe/hf cat welded on....anyones got Karack's contact info btw?

 

530-701-8488

 

I just finished stripping all the sound-deadening and tar out of the FC with dry-ice. Next step will be hitting all the seams with a wire-brush to prep them for welding. I also want to install a scatter-shield over the transmission-tunnel. After that I will probably coat the interior with bed-liner or maybe this stuff... http://www.lizardskin.com/ Anyone have any gripes with bed-liner for any reason?

Oh, and I disassembled the old engine last night. Seems a coolant seal went bad and the previous owner didn't drain the coolant afterwards. The rear housing was full of grime and rust. Not sure if it can be salvaged. The eccentric shaft looks great though.